Unfinished Business

It might be time to tidy up. Find out why in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

Unfinished Business

While washing dishes one morning, The Grasshopper chimed in with this: “I don’t like starting my day cleaning up from yesterday.”

Think about that for a second.

I don’t think that was just a household hint from Heloise. It got me wondering about all the things I abandon that are still waiting for me tomorrow.

The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu reminded us, “Do the difficult things while they are easy, and do the great things while they are small.” And old Ben Franklin left us with this: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

It’s almost predictive — what we leave for another day usually makes us pay.

Now, this isn’t a message about getting more things done. It’s more about what’s left undone.

Unfinished business follows you around like a salesperson in a furniture store — it’s got staying power.

And what’s left unfinished is cumulative. It adds to your burden every day you delay.

We all have some unfinished business that needs cleaning up. The main reason we avoid it is the perceived pain of ripping off the band-aid. But we rarely consider the mental strain that piles up when we don’t air out the wound.

Unfinished business is like borrowing money from a loan shark. The longer you take to pay it back, the more expensive it gets — and it can take years off your life.

Going forward, the best advice is: don’t start anything you can’t finish. But if you’ve already started, leaving it undone could be your undoing.

All the best,

John